E-scooter battery fire guts apartment

Monday, 6 February 2023 06:30

A battery for an e-scooter is being blamed for a large apartment fire in Geneva yesterday morning.

It caught fire overnight and the flames spread quickly through the Grand-Saconnex flat.

No one was hurt. The occupants – four men – all managed to escape, one jumped from the window.

The fire service praised their actions as they closed the front door on leaving – preventing further spread.

Battery fires are very dangerous, said a fire service spokesman. They can’t easily be extinguished and produce a lot of smoke.

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